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  "legislation": "ssi/2016/42",
  "legislation_title": "The Reservoirs (Scotland) Act 2011 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provision) Order 2016",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2), 1st April 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the provisions of the Act specified in column (1) of the table in the Schedule (the subject matter of which is specified in column (2) of that table).\n(2) Where a purpose is specified in column (3) of that table in relation to any provision specified in column (1), that provision comes into force on 1st April 2016 only for that purpose.",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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